Waterloo Pharmacy researchers address significant gap in maternal medication research
It’s the start of World Breastfeeding Week, and University of Waterloo Pharmacy researchers have developed a novel metric for an underserved research area to aid healthcare providers in advising on maternal medication use for breastfeeding mothers or nursing persons.
Breastfeeding while taking medication is often questioned, with medical practitioners erring on the side of caution and advising breastfeeding mothers not to use medications. However, considerations of medication use while breastfeeding may stop the mother’s own important drug therapy or lead to the discontinuation of breastfeeding.
Dr. Yeung and colleagues have developed a new metric using mathematical modelling to aid healthcare providers in medication prescribing for those who breastfeed their infants.
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